Stocking.



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STOCKING.

APPLICATION FILED 001225, 1913.

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m MW UNITED STA' I E s P qTENT OFFICE. 4

- ELBERT H. BEEBS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PE NNSYLVAN'EA, ASSIGNQR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES S. WEIERMAN, OF I'HILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVA I.

STOCKING.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it kno vn that I, ELBERT H. BEERS,3. citizen oi the United States, residing et Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useli'ul improvements in Stockings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to stockings, and has for its primary object the provision of means whereby the same may be adjusted to the wearer expeditiously and supported in place Without necessitating the provision of :1 leg einbraeing garter or the like.

Another object of the invention is the provision of astocking constructed of relatively elastic fabric slit at a suitable point so as to provide separable sides that are adapted to be adjusted to overlap one another to hold the upper portion of the stocking completely closed around the leg.

Another object of the invention is the pro vision of a stocking slit vertically in a por- Lion of its length and preferably near its upper end and at one side only and provided resoectivelv at the sides of the slit portion with mating fastening devices engageable with one anotl'ier to hold the slit portion properly closed end the stocking adjusted to embrace the leg as necessary to a proper suspension of the stocking.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a stocking capable of ad justment around the and provided with means for holding the stocking operatively adjusted, and further the provision of a foldahle cufi' formed at the upper end of the stocking and adapted to be folded so as to entirely conceal the adjustable portio thereof and the holding inc-ans.

In the accon'ipanying drawings r-Figure 1 is a side *iew of a portion of a stocking constructed. in accordance with my invention and. illustrating the coil in an extended position; is similar view, showing the cuff folded to conceal the tasteuings; Fig. is a vertical section through the up per portion or" the stocking, showing the cult folded over the fastenings.

The stocking 1 shown in the drawing is preferably formed of relatively elastic niaterial-such as silk or the like reinforced at its upper end by folding the material on itself in the usual manner. The stocking Specification of Letters Fatent.

Application filed October 25, 1913.

7 nmv be formed .lfatented Nov, 3, 1914-.

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is slit vertically in its main length, as at 2, so as to prrn'ide relatively ad iustable portions 3 and i that are adapted to be ad justed to overlap each other. The portion 4 is provioed between its ends with a resilient head 0, while the portion 3 is provided with plurality of resilient sockets arranged in the same general line and adapt ed for interchangeable connection with the mating fastening as iay depend upon the adjustment of i so stocking to be obtained around the F )In this construction, and incident to the fact that the stools ing is constructed of material having such inherent elastic qualities as to permit the same to be respectively contracted and eX- pended, it obviously appears that after the mating fastenings 5 and 6 are connected. with each other the stocki r "i be brought tension to i from the i n of the permit the some to he su without neces ati usual garter or tilte It is l scribed tlr i in the stocking helm: the This is desirable in ordei '7 at the ertrc nien- I ous embodiment of the invention 15 fanned on the side of the stock ing. I wish to be node:

i however, that this is not entii essentiai and that the slit in the lin of seem at the ing, as shown st in Fig. 5

hack of the From the conne tion iugs, the const-i in. ont on will he r i rcapiiring n more raid ,1 explanation.

Various changes in torn, proper-"on and the minor details of co Action. may be resorted to TVlt-liOUL departing from the prin ciple or sacrificing any of the advantages of. this invention as claimed.

1 claim z-- A stocking formed of elastic n'iaterial and having a vertical slit in t e upper portion of the leg located entirely at a point spaced In testimon whereof I aflix my signature from the top edge, means on opposite sides f h l d d h in presence 0 two witnesses. o t e s it to secure sai si es toget er and close the slit and a foldable cufli' on the ELBERT HYBEERS' 5 stocking leg, above the slit and adapted to Witnesses:

be folded over the slit to conceal the same HELEN G. DALEY, and to also conceal the fastening devices. NORMAN J. SMITH. 

